**New blog: Draw the line: permission to switch off
As the summer draws to an end, I thought now was as good time to remind ourselves to make the most of every last minute and to not get overwhelmed thinking about going back to work. You deserve it.
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With SATs feeling like a distant memory, and the new academic year creeping closer and closer, some hopefully useful things to consider for the remaining weeks ahead.
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**New blog: From Glaciers to Gardens: Make Sustainability Local**
If our pupils can explain melting glaciers yet cannot improve the street outside their own school, then we’ve taught knowledge, but not agency.
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Brilliant to finally read it in print how well my previous school did with the 2025 SATs, putting the school top of the county's list, with well above average results too. Well done everyone elystandard.co.uk/news/25716…
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Breaking: Leaders describe 'nightmare before Christmas' as 28 mainstream and 18 special free school projects face the axe, with 58 more specialist settings thrown into limbo after a year-long government review
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What a delight - brilliant day and food for thought. Great to talk strategy and operation; very useful!
**New Blog** The Holistic Curriculum
School's vision and its curriculum as one
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I hope it proves useful
🌞 Our Summer edition of Policy Insights is out now:
bit.ly/Policyinsightssummer
📜 Featuring reports on teacher support plans being misused
✏️ Blog posts of the month from @Mr_Crome @_MissieBee @CoreySnuggs
🎤 Podcast of the month 'Mind the Gap' featuring @teacherhead and @Emma_Turner75
So proud to see this come together before I leave. Looks incredible and will support the chn's learning for many years to come! Thanks Gareth from #Twenty8design
Blown away at how #Twenty8Design has helped transform our walls: this will enhance our chn's curriculum journey.
Thanks to Mepal Union Chapel committee and #TescoStrongerStarts who also funded the rest.
I hope it proved useful; or atleast food for thought
The most read article of the week was ‘The Seating plan – the underrated elephant in the room.’ by @CoreySnuggs 📚
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Breaking: A 3.2 per cent pay rise for school support staff has been agreed, but unions have warned that higher pay will be needed in future.
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The new teacher pay scales for 2025-26 have been confirmed by the Department for Education
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As Headteacher, I couldn’t be prouder of our children & community for the exceptional results. These children now move on with the strong foundations, not just because of their results, but because of all the resilience, perseverance and belief that they all can achieve!
🥳🤩2025 End of KS2 Results - 100% Combined🤩🥳
Absolutely AMAZING!
Well done, Year 6👏
Resilience, passion and CARE in abundance. You did it and we couldn't be prouder of you.
#KS2Results #Year6 #CARE #MepalandWitcham
**Updated KS2 Y6 Data Tracker**
Now includes 2025 Scaled Scores AND automatic analysis of key groups e.g. PP VS Non-PP; SEND, EAL etc.
Even more comprehensive and hope it continues to save you valuable time and provide useful monitoring.
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Breaking: Key stage 2 SATs headline results are out
62% met expected standard in reading, writing and maths, up from 61%
📖 Reading 75%, up from 74%
➕ Maths 74%, up from 73%
More here...
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Revealed: the key changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance for 2025
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**New Blog**: How Do I Know? They're Attending to Learning.
A big nod to Steplab's Great Teaching Unpacked video (only just got round to writing this up).
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I find myself reading extracts several times, as getting the "jist" isn't going to help my retention, nor my
ability to properly appreciate the meaning or message being conveyed. I owe it to the writer, and to anyone
who is my audience, a better chance to share my understanding
**New Blog** - Life After SATs
Take time to breathe, reflect and to not become the subject to pressure, but embrace now & what's to come. Let's try to recalibrate
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